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Sunday Marshall Katung
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Barr. Sunday Marshall Katung
Member, House of Representatives
In office
May 2015 – May 2019
Personal details
BornApril 1, 1961 (1961-04) (age 63)
Kaduna State, Nigeria
Political partyPeople's Democratic Party (PDP)

Sunday Marshall Katung is a Nigerian politician and lawyer (born April 1, 1961 in Madakiya (Bata̠don), southern Kaduna State, Nigeria).[1] He was a one-term member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Jaba/Zangon Kataf Federal constituency of Kaduna State.[2]

Education

Katung obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and thereafter, a Post-graduate Diploma in Management and a master's degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy from the same institution.[2]

Career

He is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Earlier on, he served as both Commissioner for Finance and Water Resources in his home state, Kaduna.[2]

He contested under the party flagship of the PDP in 2015 and got elected as a member of Federal House of Representatives, representing Jaba/Zangon Kataf Federal constituency of Kaduna State.[3]

His moral principles while still in serving in the Federal House of Representatives had been:

"A free market economy with a social conscience, family values, community empowerment and human rights in a federal system."[2]

In 2018, he emerged as the deputy governorship candidate for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) Kaduna State governorship aspirant, Mal. Isah Ashiru.[4]

References

  1. ^ Joseph, Midat (June 6, 2019). "Sunday Marshall-Katung: The Journey Of A First Term Legislator". Daily News Time. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sunday Marshall Katung". Manpower Nigeria.
  3. ^ Mandemmi (April 5, 2018). "$350m Loan: Kaduna Reps Tackle Datti For Attacking Senators". Forefront. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Msue, Aza (October 17, 2018). "Sunday Katung Emerges Kaduna PDP Deputy Governorship Candidate". Leadership. Retrieved July 12, 2020.